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Marc D. Angel

Marc D. Angel (born July 1945) is a Modern Orthodox rabbi and author, Rabbi emeritus of Congregation Shearith Israel, the Spanish and Portuguese Synagogue in New York City, a position he has held since 1969.[1][2]

Biography

Born into Seattle's Sephardic Jewish community, his ancestors are Ottoman Sephardim from Turkey and Rhodes, and he grew up in a Ladino-speaking home.[1]

He received his B.A., M.S., Ph.D., Th.D. honoris causa, and semikhah (rabbinical ordination) from Yeshiva University; he also has an M.A. in English literature from the City College of New York. He has received the Bernard Revel Award in Religion and Religious Education.[3] He was president of the Rabbinical Council of America (RCA),[4] and a member of the editorial board of its journal, Tradition.

In 2007, he established the Institute for Jewish Ideas and Ideals.[citation needed] He directs the Institute and edits its journal, Conversations, which appears three times per year and is a voice of Open Orthodoxy. In 2007, he and Rabbi Avi Weiss co-founded the International Rabbinic Fellowship,[5] the Open Orthodox rabbinic group, "to counter what they see as a rightward shift in the Orthodox community"[5] and reduce centralization of rabbinate authority, though they remained RCA members.

A prolific author, he has written several controversial books and articles that have taken issue with and challenged traditional Orthodox views and the Rabbinate.

Works

Awards

Family

In a 2009 interview he stated that he and his wife Gilda Angel[6] "have three children and six grandchildren."[1]

Institute for Jewish Ideas and Ideals

In October 2007, Angel founded the Institute for Jewish Ideas and Ideals is a New York-based non-profit organization committed to advancing a culturally diverse and intellectually rational Jewish Orthodoxy. The Institute disseminates its particular vision through the publication of articles, and books as well as the hosting and promotion of lectures.[8] Hayyim Angel, Angels's son, is National Scholar of the institute.

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c "A Strong Voice of the Sephardic Community". turkofamerica.com. 6 May 2017 [6 October 2009]. Archived from the original on 22 June 2020. Retrieved 12 November 2020.
  2. ^ "Marc D. Angel (Congregation Shearith Israel)".
  3. ^ https://www.atlantajewishtimes.com/centennial-celebration-angel/
  4. ^ "Sex tapes rock the Orthodox". The Jewish Chronicle. Retrieved July 23, 2019.
  5. ^ a b Rosenblatt, Gary (2 May 2008). "Taking On The RCA?". The New York Jewish Week. Retrieved July 23, 2019.
  6. ^ a b Marc Angel (2005). Choosing to be Jewish: the Orthodox Road to Conversion. ISBN 978-0881-25890-5. I thank my wife , Gilda , and our son , Rabbi Hayyim Angel
  7. ^ "Past Winners". Jewish Book Council. Retrieved 2020-01-23.
  8. ^ Lagnado, Caroline (3 March 2015). "For Jews, an odyssey out of the frying pan and into America's melting pot". The Times of Israel. Archived from the original on 6 March 2015. Retrieved 12 November 2020.

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